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Fungi Imperfecti Laccase: Biotechnological Potential and Perspectives

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Laccase is a multicopper oxidase enzyme (EC 1.10.3.2, benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase) which belonged to polyphenol oxidases. A laccase enzyme is produced by plant, bacteria, insects, and fungi. Among the fungi, laccase is produced by many sexually reproducing fungal species and occupied their position in established taxonomic classifications of fungi. In contrast, laccase is also produced by other asexually reproducing fungi. These are called as Fungi imperfecti/Deuteromycetes. Laccases produced by deuteromyces are used in various biotechnological applications such as wastewater treatment, detoxification or discoloration of industrial effluents, dye degradation, bleaching of pulp and papers and textiles in industries, biofuel or bioethanol production, wine and beer making, synthesis of organic compounds, and bioremediation—for degradation of pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), synthetic polymers, explosives, and synthetic dyes. It will definitely have great contribution in diverse settings.

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The authors wish to thank Dr. V.C. Kalia (Chief Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Delhi University Campus, Delhi (India)) for his continuous support.

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Rekadwad, B., Khobragade, C. (2017). Fungi Imperfecti Laccase: Biotechnological Potential and Perspectives. In: Kalia, V. (eds) Microbial Applications Vol.2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52669-0_11

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